Tree Quotes

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Annihilating all that's made, To a green thought in a green shade. — Andrew Marvell
Thank God, they cannot cut down the clouds! — Henry David Thoreau
Enormous and solid but swaying, beaten by the wind but chained, murmur of a million leaves against my window. Riot of trees, surge of dark… — Octavio Paz
No white nor red was ever seen So am'rous as this lovely green. Fond lovers, cruel as their flame, Cut in these trees their mistress'… — Andrew Marvell
I remember once visiting an outdoor exhibition of sculpture in Arnhem, the Netherlands. One of the artists had placed this notice at the base of… — John Wijngaards
The country where he lives is haunted by the ghost of an old forest. In the cleared fields where he gardens and pastures his horses… — Wendell Berry
Government cannot close its eyes to the pollution of waters, to the erosion of soil, to the slashing of forests any more than it can… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
And hate the bright stillness of the noon without wind, without motion. the only other living thing a hawk, hungry for prey, suspended in the… — Dana Gioia
I am the Lorax! I speak for the trees, Which you seem to be chopping as fast as you please; But I also speak for… — Dr. Seuss
To plant trees is to give body and life to one's dreams of a better world. — Russell Page
By means of trees, wildlife could be conserved, pollution decreased, and the beauty of our landscapes enhanced. This is the way, or at least one… — E F Schumacher
May the trees continue to thrive and flourish on this earth, filling our hearts with joy and inspiration. — Stephanie Kaza
Everybody who's anybody longs to be a tree. — Rita Dove
Imagination has the right to feast in the shade of the tree that it turns into a forest. — Karl Kraus
When I have plucked the rose, I cannot give it vital growth again, It needs must wither. I'll smell it on the tree. — William Shakespeare
It were a blessed sight to see That child become a willow tree, His brother trees among. He'd be four times as tall as me,… — Catherine Maria Fanshawe
Everyone who enjoys supposes that the tree was concerned with the fruit, but it was really concerned with the seed. -In this lies the difference… — Friedrich Nietzsche
The generation of mankind is like the generation of leaves. The wind scatters the leaves on the ground, but the living tree burgeons with leaves… — Homer
It often runs in families," she remarked: "just as a love for pastry does. — Lewis Carroll
A man who thinks too much about his ancestors is like a potato-the best part of him is underground. — Henry S. F. Cooper

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